Huang Xiaoming and Joe Chen Fall into a “Cruel Romance”
Upcoming mainland Chinese drama Cruel Romance <錦繡緣•華麗冒險> unveiled its first video preview last week. Currently filming in Shanghai, Cruel Romance features mainland Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming (黃曉明) and Taiwanese actress Joe Chen (陳喬恩) as star-crossed lovers in 1930s Shanghai.
Adapted from a Republican-era novel called The Fate of Jinxiu <錦繡緣>, Cruel Romance tells the story of Rong Jinxiu (Joe Chen), a country girl who travels to Shanghai in order to discover why her entire family was killed. Along the way, she meets triad leader Zuo Zhen (Huang Xiaoming), and after a series of accidents and misunderstandings, the two fall in love.
Also vying for Jinxiu’s attention is businessman Xiang Yingdong (Kimi Qiao 喬任梁), a businessman and close friend of Zuo Zhen. Ever protective of his woman, however, Zuo Zhen refuses to let other men even come close to Jinxiu – which ultimately pays off when a villainous Japanese man (Qi Ji 戚迹) tries to finish off Jinxiu and her remaining family members.
In order to recreate the lavish style of old Shanghai, Cruel Romance invited well-known Hong Kong designer Poling Ng (吳寶玲), as well as many international designers, to fashion the costumes. The production crew also spared no expense for the drama’s setting and accessories, as one of the filming locations is a villa worth more than 100 million RMB. Moreover, Huang Xiaoming’s character wears an antique ring more than a century old, whereas Joe is decked out in diamond jewelry worth more than 10 million RMB and totaling about 10 carats.
Cruel Romance will be Xiaoming and Joe’s second collaboration after their movie, Breaking the Waves <他说·爱>, which was filmed in 2010 but is expected to be released this year.
“Cruel Romance” Trailer
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Source: Chinanews.com
This article is written by Joanna for JayneStars.com.
Love the novel! Will definitely watch the drama
Is it good novel?
I heard The Fate of Jinxiu was one of the best Republican novel.
But I wonder will it be faithful to the novel? I do not mind changes as long as the changes are not ridiculous.
The poster looks disturbing and the story sounds like a very possessive man sort of love.
Not to mention the poster look a bit fake :/
He’s in like every movie
How many eps does this drama have? Sounds interesting so hope it will be good. Great to see Joe and XiaoMing together.
they still filming.. maybe you want to watch the prescon video http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/124457276-1261788454.html and the interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7tZGcwiC7dU
HXM & Joe look cute together 🙂
Thanks but even if they are still filming, wouldn’t they know how many total eps there would be??
Wow Xiao Ming and Qiao En collaboration..!!
Excited! also the trailer looks amazing!
For once, a trailer from a chinese drama doesn’t make me cringe from all the ridiculousness of slapping and cliches!!
The action looks really well-done!!
This is in my “To Watch” list! 🙂
This one looks interesting..
HXM is handsome and Joe Chen is beautiful.
Yummy combination~
Can’t wait for this drama to come out 😀
omg i am sooo excited!!1 HXM and Joe!!!! yayyyyyy~~~~
Looks good.. Just hope this is a good production.
If the drama turns out success.. I might read the novel.
Sorry Angelababy, but I really like this pair. For the first time, I’m deeply attracted to the cast and the story-plot. I heard this is gonna air at the end of the year… WHY SO FAR!!
me too………… I’M SO EXCITED!!
I think this is gonna be a hit 😀
we know what Joe and HXM capable too! ganbate 😀
Great! I like to see Joe & Ming work together. It will be amazing show.
Shanghai Bund staring Huang Xiaoming was awesome! he was a great gangstar and i am looking forward to see him as a sexy manly gangstar!
I don’t think so because he doesn’t like a real man anymore. What a shallow person. All images.
ohh yess!!! totally agree!! he was reallly good in shanghai bund!!! fell in love with him right away!!!
I agree he did looks sexy manly gangstar
Omg I am so looking forward to this because I’ve heard the book is so good too. But let’s hope they don’t do what they usually do and go change the plot completely. ( fingers cross)